republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-46.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS/NONPROFIT: (Constitutional Amendment) Restricts eligibility of nonprofit organizations for property tax exemptions for residential property found to endanger public health or safety (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS/NONPROFIT: (Constitutional Amendment) Restricts eligibility of nonprofit organizations for property tax exemptions for residential property found to endanger public health or safety (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Louisiana HB 46 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3533dfe2-ca72-48d8-8fc6-4964718ba99a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243876"
source_hash: "19c1314e54f0eee6c58d715296e5737ec38fd244f8055be979691cc8d69a9893"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 46 (2023) — TAX EXEMPTIONS/NONPROFIT: (Constitutional Amendment) Restricts eligibility of nonprofit organizations for property tax exemptions for residential property found to endanger public health or safety (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB46 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1301153)
2. **HB46 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329744)
3. **HB46 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311212)
4. **HB46 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322304)
5. **HB46 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317657)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1007, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1310812)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1058, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311187)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2068, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317461)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2122, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317632)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2740, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321124)
11. **HB46 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328187)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#401) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#559) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Hughes — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-05** Effective date: See Act.
- **2023-06-05** Becomes Act No. 48 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2023-06-05** Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-25** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 18. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2023.
- **2023-05-11** Notice given.
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2023.
- **2023-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2023-04-12** Reported with amendments (16-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/3/2023.
- **2023-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3533dfe2-ca72-48d8-8fc6-4964718ba99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).